S.I. No. 150/2010 - Medical Practioners Act 2007 (Commencement) Order 2010.

1. This Order may be cited as the Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Commencement) Order 2010.

2. The 1st day of May 2010 is appointed as the day on which the

Medical Practitioners Act 2007

(No. 25 of 2007) (except insofar as it is already in operation) comes into operation.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

8 April 2010.

MARY HARNEY,

Minister for Health and Children.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation).

This Order brings into operation, on 1st of May 2010, all remaining provisions of the

Medical Practitioners Act 2007

. These provisions relate to the maintenance of professional competence of registered medical practitioners.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

16

th April

, 2010.

I, MARY HARNEY, Minister for Health and Children, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 1

(3) of the

Medical Practitioners Act 2007

(No. 25 of 2007), hereby order as follows